Intellectual Property Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

Background Amgen produces and markets apremilast, a medication for the treatment of certain types of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, under the brand name Otezla. Sandoz submitted an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) seeking approval to market a generic version of apremilast. Thus, citing Genentech, Inc. Sandoz Inc. ,

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Thank you for reading the December 2022 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. We also share how our Trademark & Brand Protection team gave back this holiday season.

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43(B)log

JUNE 10, 2024

4, 2024) Finding Zesty Paws’ “#1 Brand” claim literally false, the court grants a preliminary injunction despite Zesty Paws’ attempt to create a factual dispute about what a “brand” is. Nutramax and Zesty Paws are direct competitors in the pet supplement market. A brand can be a limping mark!) Nutramax Labs.,

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The IPKat

MARCH 12, 2025

The brand owners would have no desire for Samwise Gamgee's stewed rabbit - let alone his chips with a nice piece of fried fish - albeit for a different reason than Gollum: the Lord of the Fries menu is entirely vegan. The brand continues to operate nine stores in Australia. Promotional images of the "Lord of the."

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Patently-O

AUGUST 19, 2022

18, 2022 ). In 2018, Eagle filed its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the FDA seeking to market a generic version of Par’s vasopressin injection product (Vasostrict) used for emergency blood pressure treatment. by Dennis Crouch. Eagle Pharm., 2021-2342, — F.4th 4th — ( Fed. 35 U.S.C. §

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Garrigues Blog

MARCH 4, 2025

Nonetheless, brands have evolved and now adopt a more pragmatic approach, seeking to improve the client experience and linking NFTs to the traceability of the items of clothing. The fashion industry was one of the first industries to enthusiastically explore the opportunities afforded by the metaverse and NFTs (non-fungible tokens).

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IPilogue

JULY 21, 2022

While Hailey Bieber’s new skin care brand Rhode promises “ happy and hydrated skin, ” the brand itself has a blemish: an alleged trademark infringement. Rhode-NYC argues that Hailey Bieber’s use of her middle name “Rhode” as the name of her skin care brand is creating market confusion and potential harm to its goodwill and reputation.

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IP Tech Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Over the past few years the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been actively taking steps to address consumer protection concerns with sponsorships and endorsements within social media posts that have not been clearly disclosed. Proactively promote and facilitate compliance by brands.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 19, 2022

pic.twitter.com/sqpOThi8nf — Tim Davis (@DocSparse) October 16, 2022. — Alex Graveley (@alexgraveley) October 16, 2022. One of the key reasons the Supreme Court cited in deciding the way that it did was that Oracle had not made any effort to enter the mobile market, thus Google’s version was not a direct competitor.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Yesterday, it was all about key developments in the copyright field in the Africa IP Highlights 2022 – the result of collaboration between myself and Doreen Adoma Agyei and Clarisse Mideva. Today, it’s all about trade marks.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 17, 2023

Hovering a cursor over the blacked-out area revealed what should’ve been hidden and click led directly to the site considered most damaging to the home market in Japan. The slide with the unredacted text above covers the period June-July 2022. The slide below is from a more recent report covering September-October 2022.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Over the past few years the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been actively taking steps to address consumer protection concerns with sponsorships and endorsements within social media posts that have not been clearly disclosed. Take appropriate action where their terms of service are not complied with.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 31, 2023

[Image Sources : Istock] Metaverse- a Magnet to Fashion Brands Virtual worlds provide fashion brands with the opportunity to significantly cut down on the excessive resource consumption of lifestyle and create sustainability. Not to mention, it allows for almost infinite expansion, allowing marketers to design apparel of any size.

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In re HIFI Brands, LLC , Serial Nos. 88905094 and 88905116 (September 9, 2022) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Melanye K. Welch 2022. The Board found the services to be overlapping, but what about the marks? How do you think this appeal came out? And so, the Board affirmed the refusal to register. Text Copyright John L.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 7, 2022

In Part 2 of a two-part series, The Grass is Always Greenberg features another excerpt from the 2022 Cannalaw Summit: Weighing the Risks and Rewards of Celebrity Branding in the Cannabis Industry. Will the cannabis industry join the ranks of sneakers, soda, cars, and clothing as a “jewel of the celebrity endorsement dollar?".

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Whether they will be branded ‘notorious markets’ remains to be seen, but it’s interesting to see which platforms could face unexpected pressure in the months and years to come. Lalastreams / istream2watch.com is a family of Streaming Websites that have amassed almost 60 million global visits so far in 2022.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 24, 2022

As many brand owners are now aware, the USPTO recently commenced copying registrants on notices of registration as part of their transition to electronic registrations. However, in. By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 4, 2022

Pyrotechnics (under the “FireOne” brand) claims to be the “world leader in digital pyrotechnic firing systems.” Pyrotechnics wants to control the market for every component of its system. XFX Pyrotechnics LLC , 2022 WL 2336477 (3d. June 29, 2022). Implications.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 19, 2024

In the Scandinavian pirate market, Viking IPTV is a well-known brand and according to Rights Alliance, business appears to have been brisk. Rights Alliance reports that all plaintiffs were awarded damages by the Patent and Market Court (PMD), with the TV companies appearing to take the lion’s share.

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The IPKat

JUNE 24, 2024

After Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 , many brands announced that they would leave the Russian market. If public announcements were to be believed, more than 1000 companies planned to leave Russia in 2022. Who actually left? Image from Pixabay. Who is maintaining their IP rights?

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

In the spring and summer of 2022, following the international sanctions imposed upon Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, Russia introduced several landmark changes to its IP law, most notably to patent, trademark and copyright laws. The list includes such well-known brands as Apple, HP, Panasonic, Siemens, Tesla, and Volkswagen.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 26, 2022

Also, it is often a significant threat to the health and safety of consumers and to the reputation of brands. As a result, it is harder for brand owners to track counterfeiters down and seize shipments given that fakes travel often in small parcels. Train and educate the customs authorities about your brand.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 8, 2024

In assessing the infringement claims and the cross-claims for invalidity, the Federal Court found that Australian consumers would not understand the word "mercato" (market or marketplace), but could probably recognise the meaning of "centrale" (central). The Facts AU Trade Mark No.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

DECEMBER 13, 2024

My Market, LLC, (Plaintiff) an Indiana-based convenience store operator, has initiated legal proceedings against Batth Markets, Inc. My Market, LLC has been operating as a convenience store in Fort Wayne, Indiana , and holds a federal trademark for the service mark “MY MARKET FISH CHICKEN SANDWICHES SHRIMP” (U.S.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

271751, titled “Preparation of AZOXYSTROBIN” The plaintiffs manufacture and market Azoxystrobin under the brand name AMISTAR. However, this method of appointment does not fully align with the process established under the Delhi High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2022 (See here ).

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 14, 2023

Late 2021, Hollywood and Netflix obtained a High Court injunction to block Soap2Day domains in the UK along with a similar order early February 2022 in Australia and an expansion a few months later. In October 2022, Hollywood reported Soap2Day to the United States government.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 13, 2023

” In its 2022 ‘Engaging With Music’ report, IFPI estimates that almost a third of people say they have used illegal or unlicensed methods to download and listen to music. The major threat in today’s market has been growing for many years, mainly because it’s so quick and easy.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Haute24 is an online e-commerce platform whose stated aim is to make luxury apparel from the US and Europe affordable for the Indian market (see here ). Louis Vuitton submitted that these were specially commissioned works used for advertising and marketing their products, and were being used without authorization by the defendants.

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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 16, 2025

The boys were looking for 90,000 in return for a 5% stake in Doughboys Group Limited, a frozen pizza brand disrupting the market with its tasty Italian sourdough pizzas, designed to add some flavour to the wholesale market. Protecting your business's logo with a trade mark is a crucial step in safeguarding your brand identity.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 31, 2023

Background Amgen produces and markets apremilast, a medication for the treatment of certain types of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, under the brand name Otezla. This case is an appellate review of the district court’s findings regarding patent obviousness and priority date. By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2022

On 12 January 2022, the Lithuanian Supreme Court upheld the rejection of the Lithuanian designation of Chanel SARL’s two-dimensional trademark (see below) in Class 3 for perfumery products. So the Court considered that Chanel’s perfume bottle is commonplace within the perfume market. The trademark depicts the shape of the Chanel No.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 1, 2022

A year after Megaupload was shut down, Kim Dotcom launched a brand new file-hosting service called Mega. The latest release shows that in the first quarter of 2022, copyright holders sent 1,187,646 takedown requests. “During the 9 years to 31st March 2022, Mega has closed 744,000 accounts for sharing objectionable content.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Copyright © Hornit, 2022. He described how this has allowed him to work with brand protection consultancy, SnapDragon to carry out searches of digital markets for counterfeit versions of the CLUG. So, you have a brand and a product, what next? Search the trade mark register for similar brands before applying.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2023

Internet Brands opinion. Including the Internet Brands case, I found six cases using the phrase (see Appendix B). Internet Brands, Inc. , March 11, 2022) Al-Ahmed v. May 20, 2022) In re Apple Inc. App Store Simulated Casino-Style Games Litigation , 2022 WL 4009918 (N.D. 2, 2022) Dangaard v.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2025

Globe IPTV Use of the Globe brand in connection with TV piracy dates back over a decade. The supply of CCCAM servers focused on Sky broadcasts may have laid the groundwork for its entry into the IPTV market towards 2014/2015. Similar claims featured in subsequent submissions to the EC and the USTR’s Notorious Markets Report.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

Redbud overview Redbud is a consumer venture ecosystem that creates, accelerates, scales, and funds innovative, better-for-you consumer brands through their venture capital studio (Redbud Brands) and venture fund (Redbud Ventures). Redbud finalized two Accelerator partnerships in 2022, and anticipates several more in 2023.

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

A response is due on or before September 16, 2022. Jack Daniel's states the "questions presented" as follow: QUESTIONS PRESENTED Respondent VIP Products LLC markets and sells dog toys that trade on the brand recognition of famous companies such as petitioner Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. Welch 2022. pdf here ].

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